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Conflict in the Balkans: a Selected Bibliography

Below is a selected bibliography focusing on the recent conflicts taking place in the Balkan region. It covers the history, political background and current assessments with the emphasis on military applications. It includes books, periodical articles and on-line sources available both in the Pentagon Library and on the World Wide Web.

Emmert, Thomas A. Reinterpreting Serbia's Past : The Challenge of Understanding the History of a
Chosen People. Washington, D.C. : The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, 1998.
Call number DR 1952 E445 1998

The Ethnic Cleansing of Bosnia-Herzegovina : A Staff Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1992.
Call number DR 2042 E83 1992

Gow, James. Legitimacy and the Military : The Yugoslav crisis. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Call number DR 1302 G68 1992

Gray, Christine. "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Civil War or Inter-state Conflict? Characterization and
Consequences," in The British Year Book of International Law 1996. NY: Oxford, 1996. JX21 R88 1996 Italy and the Balkans. Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies, 1998.
Call number DR 38.3 I8 I86 1998

Jankovic, Branimir M. The Balkans in International Relations. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1987.
Call number DR 38.2 J36 1987

Janos, Andrew C. The Political Economy of Ethnic Conflict : The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia and
Yugoslavia. Washington, D.C. : The National Council for Eurasian and East European Research,
1997.
Call number DB 2188.7 J356 1997

Jelavich, Barbara. History of the Balkans. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Call number DR 36 J37 1983

Preventing the Spread of War in the Balkans ; Report on the Action Seminar on Human Rights and
Democracy in Kosovo/a, Brussels, February 3-5 1993. [London] : Manchester Free Press, 1993.
Call number DR 2082 P74 1993

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